Left-leaning Public Policy Polling, the outfit that once infamously found that Barack Obama was more popular in Texas than Gov. Rick Perry, has found its way closer to reality. In a new poll out today PPP reports that just 41% of Texans approve of President Obama’s job performance, compared with 55% who disapprove.

The poll overall shows little hope for Democrats to win anything statewide in Texas. Sen. John Cornyn (R) leads handily against any Democrat challenger. Even the media’s new saint, Wendy Davis, would lose to Cornyn by eight points as things stand right now. Once the various GOP camps tie her to the madness going on in Austin right now, her numbers should decline.

The news for Gov. Perry’s possible run for president isn’t good according to PPP. He currently stands in fifth place in presidential preference among Texas Republicans, behind Sen. Ted Cruz, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, NJ Gov. Chris Christie and even former Rep. Ron Paul. Perry will announce his plans on Monday.

The bottom line is that at this point the Democrats still have a very long way to go to make Texas even competitive for them, let alone blue. Siding with the “Hail Satan” forces will not help them. At all.

Bryan Preston has been a leading conservative blogger and opinionator since founding his first blog in 2001. Bryan is a military veteran, worked for NASA, was a founding blogger and producer at Hot Air, was producer of the Laura Ingraham Show and, most recently before joining PJM, was Communications Director of the Republican Party of Texas.